iPod Update

iLounge.com ^ | 9/12/06 | Jeremy Horwitz

[Obadiah]

Updated iPods - 1:05 PT

5G iPod: 60% brighter screen. 3.5 hours of video playback. Gapless playback. New earphones. New quick scrolling feature using letters. Games added - Bejewled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Hold Em, Vortex and Zuma. Games will work on all 5G iPods, will cost $4.99 each from iTMS. White and black available. 30GB - $249 80GB - $349

Second-generation iPod nano: Aluminum, thinner - looks like thin iPod mini. Green, silver, black, blue, pink available. 24 hour battery life. New charger, armband, lanyard headphones. Available today. 2GB - $149 4GB - $199 8GB - $249

iPod shuffle: 10 million shuffles sold. Second-generation today. Metal body with white click wheel. 12-hour battery Size of iPod radio remote. World's smallest mp3 player. Available October. 1GB - $79

[Obadiah]

Based upon all the hype, this looks like a bust. Nothing really new, just a larger hardrive capacity and a few games. Yawn.

[ShadowAce]

iPod ping

[Rutles4Ever]

Any idea what time they're going to re-open I-Tunes?

[Obadiah]

Thanks.

[Obadiah]

I would guess any time now. Jobs is just about done with his presentation.

[ShadowAce]

no problem

[Rutles4Ever]

Well, here's hoping they get more studios than Disney under contract. I understand the hang-up has been on pricing.

[Proud_Xenophobe]

will the iPods still be made in China and will Gore still sit on the Board of Directors making millions so he can afford his mansion ?

[avg_freeper]

"Based upon all the hype, this looks like a bust."

Looks like you've fallen for the insidious "One Last Thing" trap.

[Obadiah]

I guess. But there was a lot of hype that Apple was going to release the next gen iPod (gen 6) with a larger video screen and perhaps 16:9 ratio capability.

[martin_fierro]

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[Terpfen]

What hype? Apple released an invitation and attached a single image to the invitations. That's not really hyping.

And we got plenty of things besides iPods, particularly in terms of new iTMS products and that iTV box. Downloadable NFL games will be nice, as will the new features in iTunes 7.

I hope iTunes 7 is available for automatic download.

[DBrow]

What's the MTBF of the new iPod? Anybody know?

[Rutles4Ever]

Itunes 7 is up on Itunes.com. Itunes store is open

[Glenn]

I ordered the 80 gig. More battery life (big selling point). Brighter screen. More storage for video.

[tubebender]

Our local Costco had a big stack of various iPods today so there must be upgrades in the pipeline....

[highball]

I ordered the 80 gig. More battery life (big selling point). Brighter screen. More storage for video.

I think I'm going to order one, too. I don't think I'll buy the first G6 models anyway, so I won't be missing anything. But this sounds outstanding - 80 gig?!

Downloaded iTunes 7 last night, some huge improvements. Gapless playback, and the ability to flip through album covers are my favorites so far.

[Glenn]

I think I'm going to order one, too.

Mine is on a FedEx truck in my neighborhood. I suspect it will be signature required, darnit.

There is some groaning about iTunes 7.0 around the web. I noticed it took all the resources it could get on my tower. I imagine we'll see some patches pretty quickly.

[highball]

As would be expected. It's a much more substantial overhaul than previous releases; not surprising that there are bumps in the road.

I'm confident it'll all get worked out, and the new features are amazing.

[Glenn]

and the new features are amazing.

I picked up my new iPod at FedEx on the way home. Wow. The screen is beautiful. Movie playback is great. Being a deafie, I had to crank the volume all the way up on my old one. I can get away with 80% on this one. The bass is noticebly better. I downloaded one game for it and it has PSP grade graphics.

I'm a happy camper.